this is my advice to you, buy the best that you are willing to afford then sit back and have fun and stop worring about what comes out another day. If you sit around and wait you will never have any fun because with tech there will alway be something bigger and better right around the corner, just have fun now.

this is my advice to you, buy the best that you are willing to afford then sit back and have fun and stop worring about what comes out another day. If you sit around and wait you will never have any fun because with tech there will alway be something bigger and better right around the corner, just have fun now.

OM What ever, I can just wait for something better! It won't take long to access such technology because I live near Fry's Electronics and Newegg is only 2-day delivery for me since I'm living out West now.

It might be a bit cheaper but appearantly the 55nm G92b only managed a 11% die shrink from the 65nm, so the GT 200b die probably still wont be below 500mm square, which means it will still be expensive, they might save enough to drop it to $599.

Anyways to answer the OP's question. No new generational leaps for another 18 months unless ATi pulls something out of the bag so feel free to buy the 280. Thinking about it to get the most out of the 280, you buy near enough release day and then sell when the next generation is coming out, well that's what I've been doing, it works for me.